State pay plan sparks office politics in Montana
The Montana pay plan enacted in 1975 aims at equal pay for equal work but critics say it breeds favoritism and delays in appeals. Officials acknowledge some raises for higher ranks while many workers see limited gains. Legislators may weigh changes as 1977 session nears.
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Helena
Thomas Schneider
Montana Public Employes Association
Schneider
Duane Johnson
State Personnel Division
Standard
State Bureau
Johnson
Michael Billings
Governor's Office of Budget and Program Planning
Robert Jensen
State Board of Personnel Appeals
Senator Hart dies at 64 cancer claims liberal icon
Sen Philip A. Hart of Michigan, 64, died at his Washington home after a cancer battle. The longtime liberal voice helped push civil rights and consumer protection laws. He announced in 1975 he would not seek another term. Funeral plans include a memorial mass at St Matthews Cathedral and private burial on Mackinac Island. Donald W. Riegle will succeed him in the Senate.
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Washington
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
Hart
James G. O Hara
St. Anne's Catholic
Harts
Donald W. Riegle
Riegle
Flint
House
Eastland
Judiciary Committee
Time names Carter Man of the Year for 1976
Time magazine selects Jimmy Carter as Man of the Year for 1976 citing his rise to the presidency and the dramatic shift in American life his designation marks. Carter becomes the third President-elect to receive the honor following FDR in 1932 and JFK in 1960.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Time Magazine
The
Republic
Time
Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Nursing home blaze kills 20 in Newfoundland village
A two story Chase's Rest Home in Goulds Newfoundland burned in the early hours killing at least 20 people including a 105 year old woman and a teen. Firefighters faced sub zero weather and ice covered water to combat the blaze as authorities search the ashes for more victims. The building housed up to 30 elderly residents and the cause was under investigation amid reports of a rear propane tank ignition.
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ST. John's
Canada
Newfoundland
Goulds
John Lee
Leroy Soper
St. John’s
Frank Ryan
Quebec
Notre Dame du Lac
Montreal
Wentworth Arms
Hamilton
Ontario
Vaughan Andrew Copp
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
New Waterford
Carter election tops AP list of 1976 news
The Associated Press poll names Jimmy Carter's victory over Gerald Ford as 1976's top story with 402 votes. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai deaths rank second, the Bicentennial third, while the rest include the U.S. economy, Legionnaires' disease in Pennsylvania, Viking Mars landing, Washington sex scandals, Patty Hearst trial, Israeli raid on Entebbe, and California school bus kidnapping.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Jerry Ford
Mao Tse-Tung
Chou En-lai
China
Carter
U.S
Legionnaires
Pennsylvania
Mars
Washington
Patty Hearst
Entebbe
Uganda
California
Passengers Injured In Amtrak Derailment Near Downingtown
An Amtrak Broadway Limited train derailed in Downingtown Pennsylvania injuring at least 28 passengers. Most treated for cuts and bruises with one admitted. About 200 passengers from a five car holiday train were housed in Coatesville High School gym. Four of five cars overturned and overhead wires fell, cutting service Philadelphia to Harrisburg. Police reported power outages in the west end of Downingtown.
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Downingtown
Amtrak
Coatesville Senior High School
Lois Morasco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Downington
Area Weather Short Term Outlook
Scattered rain or snow expected early in the week with cooler temperatures. Highs near 35 and overnight lows around 15. Further details appear on Page 2.
Woman to become Ohio's first female sheriff
Kathy Crumbley of Belmont County is elected Ohio’s first woman sheriff and likely the nation’s third. The 30 year old, 6 foot tall former deputy, trained at the Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Course, will take office January 2. She will oversee 13 deputies plus four federally funded workers and a 10 man mounted unit.
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ST. Clairsville, Ohio
Kathy Crumbley
Ohio
Ohio Peace
National Sheriff's Association
Ohio River
Belmont County
Shadyside
Jim
Brutus
Crumbley
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Cancer Claims
Sen. Hart
Butte, Dillon
Madison
Penn State
Labor
Phil Hart
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
James Eastland
D-Miss
United States
America
General Motors
Michigan
Hart Was
Bryn Mawr
Georgetown University
Jane C. Briggs
Detroit
Walter Briggs
Detroit Tigers
University of Michigan Law School
Man
Nursing Home
Blaze
Utah Beach
Normandy
France
Corporation and Securities
Office of Price Stabilization
Eastern
G. Mennen Williams
Detroit Auto
Vietnam
Pentagon
Charlies Willis
Chester County
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